u/epicpillowcase

I have never listened to a single Lewis Capaldi song all the way through. I can tell that he's talented, but his songs aren't my cup of tea at all. That said, I CANNOT get enough of his interviews. Holy shit, he is absolutely hilarious and just seems like a great person.

I also feel the same about Kylie Minogue. I like a few of her songs but in general, her work is not my thing (though I do believe she has earned her icon status- it's been interesting as an Australian watching her career grow and grow, as when she started out she was mocked mercilessly and told she'd never make it. She's definitely having the last laugh.) I will always watch an interview with her, though. She's a gem.

You?

So, I am in Melbourne, Australia. A very special production of Phantom of the Opera, a totally different staging to one done anywhere else, is on in Sydney. I have been looking forward to it for months. Planning my trip and allll the moving parts involved with travelling with a chronic illness (you all know how much harder an otherwise simple trip is for us, in various ways and for various reasons.)

It looked like everything was falling into place for me and I was going to pull it off, but I'm just over a week of flying out and my health is looking like it's not going to happen. It's my all-time favourite musical and this just sucks.

I feel like there's a lot of focus on how those of us with chronic illness miss out on being able to hold a job, or study, but also...like...doing fun things is often off the table as well.

Anyone planned a trip or a show or whatever and then haven't been able to go? I don't know what I'm looking for, I think I'm just venting. If I don't go I'll try to treat myself in some other way (perhaps a local movie or something) but yeahhhh.... :( This was a big deal for me. I had been holding off on telling a friend up there that I was definitely going, as I didn't want to stuff him around, and I was just about to tell him and ask to meet up, too.

Tell me your stories?